2021-28605 | Adobe After Effects buffer overflow (apsb21-49)

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe After Effects up to 18.2. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-120. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe After Effects version 18.2 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

The weakness was disclosed 08/25/2021 as apsb21-49. It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-28605 since 03/16/2021. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/26/2021).

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-120
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Upgrade: helpx.adobe.com

03/16/2021 CVE assigned
08/25/2021 +161 days Advisory disclosed
08/25/2021 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/26/2021 +1 days VulDB last updateVendor: https://www.adobe.com/

Advisory: apsb21-49
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-28605 (🔒)

Created: 08/25/2021 08:52
Updated: 08/26/2021 19:06
Changes: (1) source_cve_cna
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